Goparity, a Lisbon-based impact investment platform, has acquired Bolsa Social, a Spanish impact crowdfunding platform authorized by Spain’s securities regulator, the CNMV, in a deal that expands the group’s product offering beyond lending into equity crowdfunding and strengthens its foothold across the Iberian market.
Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction brings together two platforms that have collaborated in the European impact ecosystem for years and, according to the companies, formalizes a relationship that intensified over the past year as they identified operational and community-level synergies.
The acquisition adds equity investment opportunities to Goparity’s suite, complementing its existing lending-based crowdfunding model. In the initial phase, new equity offerings will continue to be hosted through Bolsa Social’s platform as integration progresses.
Goparity announced it has launched more than 420 lending-based crowdfunding campaigns since inception, raising more than €55 million for impact projects across three continents. The company operates with offices in Portugal, Spain, and Canada and positions itself as a platform designed to broaden access to sustainable finance by connecting investors with projects aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Bolsa Social, founded in 2014, described itself as Spain’s first impact crowdfunding platform authorized by the CNMV to provide participatory financing for impact-driven projects and companies. The platform has more than 13,000 users and has mobilized around €15 million for more than 50 Spanish companies through equity crowdfunding and sustainable loans. The company is backed by impact-focused investors including Phitrust, Triodos Ventures, Helenos, and the Impact Innovation Fund (3xP).
Following the deal, the combined investor community surpasses 72,000 people, the companies said, positioning the enlarged group among Europe’s larger sustainable investment crowdfunding players. Goparity also pointed to its claimed project outcomes, including support for more than 100,000 people, the creation of more than 4,000 jobs, and the avoidance of more than 30,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions per year through financed projects.
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“This acquisition marks a historic moment for Goparity and for impact investing in Europe. With the introduction of equity crowdfunding, we aim to become the financing partner for impact-driven companies and entrepreneurs throughout their entire life cycle, from moments when they are looking for new shareholders to phases where debt financing makes sense, depending on their needs.”
Nuno Brito Jorge, CEO and Co-Founder, Goparity
“Thanks to this union, Bolsa Social investors will be able to access new impact investment opportunities, both within and beyond Spain. We are very pleased to take this step, as the Bolsa Social community of investors and companies will benefit from Goparity’s reach and professional strength.”
José Moncada Durruti, Founder and CEO, Bolsa Social
